Improvement in radiators



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IMPROVEMENT IN RADIATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,100, dated April 13, 1875; application tiled April 9, ism.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE REYNOLDS, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Radiators, of which the following is a specification My invention relates to improvements in the radiator for which Letters Patent were granted to William Stet'fe and myself ou the 11th ot' August, 1868, reissued May 30, 1871 5 and the object of my invention is to obtain a much larger supply of heated air in proportion to the size and cost otl the radiator than by that described inthe said patent--an object which I attain by constructing the radiator in the manner illustrated in the vertical sections, Figures l and 2, and sectional plan, Fig. 3, of the accompanying drawing.

The radiator consists of the outer casing A and inner casing B, the space D between the two casings being closed above by the plate a, and below by a similar plate, b, and the whole being made, by preference, ot'sheet-iron plates properly riveted together.

I prefer to make the two casin gs of the form represented in Fig. 3-that is, liattened on the opposite sides, and rounded at the opposite edgesthis conformation insuring econoiny both in construction and material, and an eri'ective heating-surface of greater extent, proportionate to the size of the radiator and weight of material employed, than a radiator of a square or oblong sectional form. At the same time the liattened sides are the most convenient for the attachment to the outer casing ofthe tubular branches d and e, the latter being connected to the outlet-branch of an adjoining heater, and the former communicating With the chimney.

The space between the two casings is sepa rated into four compartments by partitions m and n, p and @the partitions m and p extending` to the top, but not to the bottom, ot' the space, while the partition yn extends to the bottom, but not to the top, and the partition q from top to bottom, so that the products ot' combustion entering the branch e will tirst ll the compartment h, then pass beneath the partition m into the compartment t', then over the partition n into the compartment t; thence below the partition p into the compartment fw, and thence through the outlet-branch d to the chimney.

The partitions m and p are inclined, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that the products ofcombustion may be dispersed in the compartment h before they escape below the partition m, and so that they may be similarly dispersed within the compartment w before they escape at the outlet-branch cl. The walls ot' these compartments are thus heated to the saine extent as those of the compartments t and h.

Two tubes, fr and y, furnished at their outer ends with detachable covers, are secured to the outer casing in the position shown in Fig. 3, so that a suitable instrument may be introduced into the tube x, and beneath the partition p, for cleansing away the soot, &c., which may accumulate at the bottom ot' the compartments t and w, the tube y serving a like purpose as regards the cleansing ot' the compartments It and i. Between the radiator 'and a brick. wall which surrounds the same, and which is not shown in the drawing, there is a space for the passage of air, which, being brought into intimate contact with the outer casing, receives a high degree ot' heat before it is distributed to the several rooms ot a building. ln the meantime another volume ot air passes through the inner casing B an d becomes thoroughly heated before itjoins the other volume.

I claim as my inventionrlhe combination, iu a radiator, of an inner casing, B, open at both ends, an outer casing, A, forming, with the inner casing, a chamber for the passage of the products ot' combustion, an inlet-pipe, e, and outlet-pipe d, and a series ot' partitions arranged between the casings, to direct the gases in a circuitous course from the inlet to the outlet, all as set forth.

In testimony whereotl I have signed myname to this specitication in the presence or'l two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, HARRY SMITH. 

